Chinthaka Jayasinghe

Chinthaka Umesh Jayasinghe (born 19 May 1978) in Kalutara, or Chinthaka Jayasinghe, is a former Sri Lankan T20I cricketer. He is a past student of Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe
චින්තක ජයසිංහ
Personal information
Full nameHalwathurage Chinthaka Umesh Jayasinghe
Born (1978-05-19) 19 May 1978
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
NicknameChintha
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 31)9 December 2009 v India
Last T20I22 May 2010 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–1998Burgher Recreation Club
1999Nondescripts Cricket Club
1999–2003Burgher Recreation Club
2003–2004Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
2004Burgher Recreation Club
2005–2012Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 142 128 45
Runs scored 49 6417 2245 752
Batting average 49.00 31.61 26.72 26.85
100s/50s 0/0 11/34 0/12 0/1
Top score 38 173* 94 67
Balls bowled 0 5246 4034 438
Wickets 104 110 30
Bowling average 24.20 23.13 19.10
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/39 5/44 4/17
Catches/stumpings 0/– 114/– 51/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 January 2013

School times

He commenced his cricketing career as a school boy, playing at the Under 13, 15, 17 and 19 levels, representing his school, Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya, Colombo. He was the captain of the school team at all these levels. he continue to hold a Sri Lankan school cricket record, scoring consecutive 1000 run seasons in three consecutive years (1994/95, 1995/96,1996/97).

Domestic career

His first national representation occurred in 1994 as a member of Sri Lankan under 17 Cricket Mini World Cup Team that played in Malaysia. he was a member of the Sri Lankan U19 cricket team from 1994 to 1997 and was the captain of that team in 1997. As a member of the U.19 Sri Lankan team he played against England, India, Singapore, Canada, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Selected for the Sri Lankan A team in 1998, he became a regular member until 2004.

His performance in the Sri Lankan A team and in first class cricket earned him a regular spot in the Sri Lankan Six A Side team where he participated in five Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournaments. He was offered a Sri Lankan Cricket Annual National Player Contract in 2008 as a T20 Specialist and said contract continued into the 2009 and 2010 seasons. In the year 2011, he was offered a Sri Lankan Cricket National Provincial Player contract.

Also, he was a member of Sri Lanka team in the 2010 Asian Games in China. He achieved a number of national records in first class cricket such as fastest century, most number of sixes in the seasons (2010/11 &2011/12) etc. Also, he led his club (Bloomfield CAC) to the championship of the Premier Trophy First Class Tournament in 2010/11. Commending his outstanding achievements, he was awarded the Man of the Tournament title in the Premier League (First Class) Tournament in 2008/09. He played 142 first class matches and 128 List-A matches. He scored more than 8500 runs and took 200+ wickets in both formats during his 14 years in a first class cricket career. he was selected for the Uva Next Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL, T20) team which won the championship in that year. Subsequently, he was part of the Premier league team that represented Sri Lanka in the 2012 Champions League tournament held in South Africa.

He retired from all first class cricket in 2014.

He has since been playing with the Westmeadows Cricket Club in Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, where he has won many accolades and two championships.

International career

He made his T20I debut against India at Nagpur in 2009. He was a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 played in the West Indies in 2010 and Trevor Bayliss was the head coach. Sri Lanka achieved the semi-final stage and he played a vital role.


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